OpenAI's Operator: The End of the Open Web?
2025-01-25
OpenAI's new AI agent, Operator, browses the web for you, potentially signaling the end of the open internet as we know it. Tools like Operator change how we access information; we go directly to the AI, bypassing intermediaries like Google and TripAdvisor. This threatens the ad-revenue models of these websites, potentially leading to their decline. The future may involve a structured data layer where middlemen sell data to AI companies. This raises concerns about the sources of high-quality user data and the future of the open web itself.